Distances out of Rudall River NP.........................................

Hi Willem,

This year I left Desert Queens Baths and via Number 11 and Christies Crossing. Camped near Mt. Hodgson. From there out to Skull Springs Road via a stop at Pearana Rockhole and beyond.

Total distance (GPS) from No11 to Skull Springs Road is 257 kilometres and it took me 9 hours 7 minutes.

Hope that helps.

Cheers
Alan

Gees Alan,

Didn't you get lost even once ? We certainly did .

I don't know our exact time , but we left Hanging Rock about 8.00am and arrived at Bocrabee Hill just before dark.

Willie.

Willem,

I have outlined three northward tracks from Christies Crossing and made maps for Ozi (or trackranger, I'll have to check)from Google Earth images for most of it. One follows the Eastern side of the Oakover catchment plains to a place I call Bald Hill and then joins the main Woodie Woodie Road north of Mike Mine. The other main route heads west from Christies across the Oakover and swings round Mt Hodgson and heads North. It splits in two about 35 km north of Hodgson, the right fork following the oakover on the eastern side up to Mike Mine and Woodie Woodie, the other taking a north westerly track until it hits the Skull Springs Road. I will send the KMZ files for GE tonight and any Ozi maps I have.

Mick

Willem

My wife and I did the track from Skull Springs into upper Carawine Gorge about 8 years ago....it used to be marked by a very old faded white drum.....I think I have the GPS coordinates in an old GPS.

the track was very overgrown and after upper Carawine continues downstream but obviously must move away because of the cliffs as you approach Lower Carawine..... if i recall correctly one of my old maps shows that in theory we could have continued and come out the other end but I would need to relook at my old maps to refresh that recollection more clearly...I am a bit hazy on it.....we didnt do it as we were on our own and a liitle short of time.

we were unable to drive close to the edge of the river at that point and we had to walk into upper Carawine...I remember the walk as clearly as yesterday because of a scrub bull that caused us some issues on the walk!...I have been a cattle farmer for most of my life and like everyone we have our experiences from time to time....but that was an experience that we did not need....on our own and out there

approaching from the Woodie Woodie road the closest track that we could find was into the old Cooma stockyards (think that was the name)...from there we eventually got to the river by heading downstream but the xing was not something you would tackle on your own.........and so we didnt

so i guess in summary what I am saying is that I have been in as far as the river from Woodie Woodie road but not crossed...the xing was not real flash and I think from memory it may have not been straight over but more like along part of the river..I didnt like the look of it and didnt do it..........from the Skull Springs Road we have not driven to the waters edge and so therefore not viewed the xing from that side

Dont know if that is of any help...a few years gone and now of course a mother of a flood that took the trees out of Carawine a couple of years back

I am not home for a few days and so if you want me to see if I have that GPS reading or for me to try and see if my maps confirm or conflict my memory let me know

cheers

bungarra

Willem,

If your going through Nullagine a handy bloke to talk to is Harvey Hamersley who is the East Pilbara Shires rep there.
He has been in the area for some years .Knows the area pretty well.Can be contacted on 08 91762034 and could be of assistance if required.Doesnt mind a beer either.



Cheers